The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 2157
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
9:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2902
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.58° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.95° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.